Graveside services for Ruth K. Madison will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Forest Lawn Cemetery with the Rev. Lamar Lifer officiating. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

            Mrs. Madison, 84, of Meridian, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in Hattiesburg. She was a long time member of Calvary Baptist Church and she was instrumental in starting the kindergarten program at Calvary Baptist Church.

            Survivors include her sister, Marbeth McKee, of Hattiesburg.

            She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Madison.

            Visitation will be Friday, one hour prior to services at the funeral home.